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''Wasp'' with bipectinate antennae and two flight wings, anterior - Ripiphorus rex - male
Copyright © 2012 Edward L. Ruden

''Wasp'' with bipectinate antennae and two flight wings, anterior - Ripiphorus rex - Male
Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
April 28, 2012
Size: 7.9 mm (sans antennae)
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This image is derived from a stack of 128 images with a 28 µm step taken with a Nikon CFN 4X/0.13 Plan Achromat + extension tube + Nikon D300 camera, and processed with CombineZP software.

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Contributed by Edward L. Ruden on 6 May, 2012 - 10:26pm
Last updated 27 May, 2021 - 6:36pm

Moved
Moved from Ripiphorus vierecki.
… Edward L. Ruden, 8 May, 2012 - 10:31pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Edward L. Ruden, 7 May, 2012 - 8:06am

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